COVINGTON, La., March 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pool Corporation (Nasdaq:POOL) announced today that Manny Perez de la Mesa, President and CEO, will be presenting at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Smid Cap Conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston, MA. Craig K. Hubbard, Investor Relations Officer, will also be attending the conference. Mr. Perez de la Mesa is slated to present on March 19th at 9:30am Eastern. The presentation slides will be posted on POOLCORP's website at that time.

Pool Corporation is the largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related backyard products. Currently, POOLCORP operates 321 sales centers in North America, Europe and South America, through which it distributes more than 160,000 national brand and private label products to roughly 80,000 wholesale customers. For more information about POOLCORP, please visit www.poolcorp.com.

This news release may include "forward-looking" statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors, including the sensitivity of the swimming pool supply business to weather conditions and other risks detailed in POOLCORP's 2013 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.